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The MindShift Podcast with Darrell Evans

Darrell Evans, Digital Marketing and Business Growth Strategist for Scaling Brandswww.darrellevans.net

Are you an entrepreneur, founder, or marketer wondering why your marketing isn’t converting like it used to?

Are AI tools making things easier—or more confusing?

Welcome to The MindShift Podcast, hosted by Darrell Evans—34-year entrepreneur, business growth strategist, digital marketing expert, early AI adopter, and Founder/CEO of MindShift Digital.

This podcast delivers straight-talk insights, proven frameworks, and real-world strategies to help you grow smarter, in today’s AI-disrupted landscape. Drawing from 34 years in business and over $300M in client revenue generated, Darrell cuts through the noise to help you adapt, scale, and lead.

You’ll find answers to questions like:

- Why isn’t our digital marketing working anymore, even though we’re running ads, doing SEO, and posting content?

- What are the best ways to start using AI in marketing without disrupting our business?

- Why is our cost per lead going up while conversion rates are going down?

- Which marketing channels actually drive growth in 2025 — and which ones are a waste of time?

- How do we measure real ROI from digital marketing campaigns, not just vanity metrics?

- What’s the best way to align our sales and marketing teams for better results?

- Should we build an internal marketing team or hire an agency/fractional CMO for faster growth?

- Is SEO still worth it in the age of AI and paid media dominance?

- How can we differentiate our brand when our competitors are saying the same things?

- Can we grow our business without hiring more people or increasing overhead?

Each week, you’ll hear practical strategies, timeless principles, and AI-powered marketing insights that help you build predictable growth systems for your business—even if you're a team of one.

Whether you're stuck, scaling, or just trying to get clarity on your next best move—this show will help you shift your thinking, upgrade your strategy, and take action with confidence.

Subscribe now and join thousands of business leaders and marketers ready to lead the future, not get left behind.


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Episodes

109: Pursuing Better and Making an Impact

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Do you strive each day to pursue better and make an impact? Today’s guest, Edgar Sierra is diving into his story and how he sets out to do this each day. Edgar is the founder of E Sierra Media. A media company spe...

Mar 15, 202243 min

108: David Goggins 4x4x48 Challenge - How I Survived

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: When was the last time you truly challenged yourself? If you aren’t creating challenges for yourself, then you really can’t grow and improve. When you fight through some type of adversity, you always come out bett...

Mar 14, 202235 min

107: How Solopreneurs Get Unstuck

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: With deep roots in business development and coaching, Cami Allen has helped local businesses grow and succeed for over 25 years as the Founder of Entrepreneur's Secret Partner. Cami's unique approach to leadership...

Mar 08, 202233 min

106: The Emotion That Will Crush Your Success

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: We all need a hand sometimes. But when help arrives, we have to grab on to it. Let this episode be a reminder that help is on the way. Connect with me @mrdarrellevans on Instagram Join the community: www.themindsh...

Mar 07, 20227 min

105: Retired From Corporate at 26

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Today you're in for a treat with our guest Sammy Warrayat, a millennial who positioned himself to retire from corporate America at the ripe young age of 26. He has always been passionate about finding a way to be ...

Mar 01, 202243 min

104: Overnight Success

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Sometimes when you look at other people who are succeeding, it looks like it’s faster and easier than what you’re going through. This episode is a short reminder not to fall into one of the traps of those who lose...

Feb 28, 20226 min

103: Overcome Adversity 5 Minutes at a Time

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: What if you could transform your life in the face of adversity 5 minutes at a time? Carolyn Colleen joins us to talk about how she overcame adversity. Carolyn is a fierce mother of three children, an author, and a...

Feb 22, 202246 min

102: Without a Vision, People Perish

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: I’ve been asked about one of the most important leadership traits you must have. I share my thoughts on one of them today. It’s critical. Connect with me @mrdarrellevans on Instagram Join the community: www.themin...

Feb 21, 20226 min

101: Make Your Comeback

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Nate Dukes is an author, coach, and speaker, but in his early twenties, Nate was a business owner chasing success while dealing with a secret he was hiding from his business partner. After constantly hitting rock ...

Feb 15, 202237 min

100: When You Don't Believe in Yourself

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: At one time or another, we all struggle with today’s topic. Truth is, I’m not sure it ever goes away. The key is finding effective ways to minimize the effect on our progress. I share one of those ways today. Conn...

Feb 14, 20226 min

99: How to Develop a Successful PR Campaign

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Do you believe that you only need a PR team when you are an influencer or a celebrity? Lilian Sue became a PR coach to go beyond the usual work as a publicist and focus on empowering entrepreneurs, not just on pre...

Feb 08, 202232 min

98: Raise Your Level of Belief

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Here's a key lesson I've learned in achievement in less than 4-minutes. Connect with me on Instagram . Join us inside The MindShift Community Revolutionize your marketing with AI in a community of established foun...

Feb 07, 20226 min

97: How to Build Business Infrastructure

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Alicia Butler Pierre is the founder and CEO of Equilibria, a 15-year-old operations management firm. She specializes in helping fast-growing companies structure operations for sustained success by increasing bandw...

Feb 01, 20221 hr 3 min

96: Are You Willing to Compete?

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: If winning in business was easy, everyone would do it. It's a game and everyone in it wants to win. But are you willing to compete? Let this MindShift sink in today. Free entrepreneur training at https://www.darre...

Jan 31, 20225 min

95: Grow Thought Leadership with a Revenue-Producing Podcast

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Collin Mitchell is a four-time founder and passionate about sales and podcasting. He is the co-founder at Salescast, the only fully-managed tech and service stack offering an end-to-end thought leadership platform...

Jan 25, 202256 min

94: What Would A World Class Company Do?

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Welcome to MindShift Monday. The next time you have a difficult problem to solve, remember this approach I share in today's episode. Follow Darrell on Instagram Subscribe to the show at www.themindshiftpodcast.com...

Jan 24, 20226 min

93: Build a Buyable Business

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Steve Preda's mission is to help build self-managing, fast-growing, and high-profit businesses. Since 2002, he has helped more than 250 entrepreneurial organizations become more valuable and sellable by serving as...

Jan 18, 202242 min

92: Why Goal Setting Doesn’t Work

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: It's Monday. It’s time to focus on what matters most and get after it. What will you do differently this year to achieve what you write down now? In today's episode, I will share a framework of a way to think abou...

Jan 17, 202213 min

91: How to Drive Growth Through Agility and Innovation

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Sannah Vinding is a 20 years Product Management and Marketing Executive who identifies business drivers and builds collaborative global and cross-functional relationships. She specializes in accelerating and drivi...

Jan 11, 202241 min

90: I Won't Starve

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Jamar "J Haleem" Washington is an author, nationally-published and award-winning commercial photographer, serial entrepreneur, business coach, motivational speaker and corporate trainer. J Haleem was born and rais...

Jan 04, 202240 min

89: Fraud Investigator Turned Podcast Editor & Producer

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Today is a special episode as we sit down with our show’s producer, Leah Bryant from Leah Bryant Co . She is a fraud investigator turned podcast editor and producer. She went from fighting crime to conquering “ums...

Dec 28, 202141 min

88: Making Growth Easy

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Dallas Henry is a high-energy junior tech executive at Google, where he brings 14 years of Army experience. He is also the founder of Henry Engagements, an organization focused on team building and executive coach...

Dec 21, 202137 min

87: Competencies Required to Successfully Lead Others

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: William Schirmer is an experienced executive and HR leader with 23 years of experience in the field. He has worked in both national and international companies in the USA and Europe and has built numerous leadersh...

Dec 14, 202149 min

86: How to Repurpose Your Content without Overwhelm

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Today you're in for a treat with our guest Sean McCabe, who, among many things, is an entrepreneur, author and podcaster who's been creating online content for well over a decade. Sean helps busy business owners r...

Dec 07, 202151 min

85: Magic Over Zoom

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Daniel Chan is an internationally renowned, award-winning magician and mind-reader. He has performed globally for the ultra-rich, commanding top rates for magic shows. He's a pre-IPO PayPal employee who dared to p...

Nov 30, 202131 min

84: The Over-Scheduled Millennial

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Today we welcome Abi Kinghan, a serial entrepreneur, CEO coach, and host of The Over-Scheduled Millennial Masterclass. Abi has figured out how to overcome struggles and mind blocks most senior entrepreneurs are st...

Nov 23, 202132 min

83: Building WordPress Websites With AI

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Our guest today is Araks Nalbandyan, who is the director of marketing at 10Web. After the extensive experience that can only be described as a growth hacker's fun ride through the different shades of digital marke...

Nov 16, 202137 min

82: How to Get an Angel Investor to Invest with Jeff Saling

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Today we welcome Jeff Saling, co-founder of StartUpNV, a nonprofit statewide startup incubator and accelerator. Since founding StartUpNV in 2017, Jeff has seen 700+ startup pitches, mentored dozens of founders, an...

Nov 09, 202148 min

81: How to Prevent Team Burnout with Marquis Murray

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Marquis Murray is the founder of Ditto, a consultancy that creates clarity around the work done inside of organizations through creating SOPs, systems, processes and automation to make work easier and more streaml...

Nov 02, 202134 min

17 Strategies To Finish The Year Strong

Have a question for Darrell? Text the show here. Want to turn AI and digital disruption into your competitive advantage as a service-based business? Join the MindShift Inner Circle . Want help to market, grow, and scale your business? Schedule a free strategy session . In this episode: Today's episode of The MindShift Podcast is a special one as we are heading to the finish of the fourth quarter of the year. Where are you? If you've crushed it this year, congratulations. You are awesome. But lis...

Nov 01, 202121 min
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